CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Proceedings Ixvii. to xcvii. 



Moths and Butterflies, their Colours and Variations, by A. D. 



Taylor ^3 



On Meteorological Observations, by Henry Storks Eaton, 



M.A., late President of the Meteorological Society 89 



Observations on Rainfall, by Baldwin Latham, C.E., F.G.S., 



F.M.S 95 



Meteorological Reports, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, by George 



Corden, F.M.S 102 



On Seven Hybrids between the Common Pheasant (Ph. 

 colchictisj and the Common Fowl, by John Flower, M.A., 

 • F.Z.S "7 



On the Nesting of the Red-breasted Fly Catcher ( Muscicapa 

 /iflrva^ in Kent in the Summer of 18S1, by John Flower, 

 M.A., F.Z.S. "8 



On the Nesting of the Carder Bee ( Bombtis Muscorum ; by 



Alfred Carpenter, M.D., &c 120 



One of the Means whereby Forest Trees are Destroyed, by 



Alfred Carpenter, M.D., &c 122 



Notes on the Occurrence of Achatina acicula on Park Hill 



Croydon, by Kenneth McKean 123 



On Some New Observations of Vortex Motions and on the Evi- 

 dence of the Possibility of such Motions being active in 

 Vital Systems, by W. F. Stanley 124 



